Wilhelm Ulex

Wilhelm Ulex (15 July 1880-26 June 1959) was a General der Artillerie of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

Biography
Wilhelm Ulex was born on 15 July 1880 in Bremerhaven, German Empire, and he served in a Holstein artillery regiment of the Imperial German Army during World War I. After the war, he remained in the Reichswehr, and he was promoted to colonel in 1931 and then to Generalleutnant in 1935, taking command of the XI Armeekorps in Hanover. In 1939, he was promoted to General der Artillerie. Ulex took part in the invasion of Poland in September of 1939, and both Ulex and general Johannes Blaskowitz objected to the SS' inhumane treatment of Poles, accusing them of an incomprehensible lack of human decency. He was relieved of his post as a result, and he retired in 1941. He died in 1959.